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Yukspor

Plant in Russia with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255492
MAS/MILS ID 4520000527
Record type Site
Current site name Yukspor
Alternate or previous names Yuksporiok

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 33.75324, 67.63171 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 33.75324, 67.63171
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 18N
    Thickness 200M
    Length 3400M
    Depth to top 200M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N45E:18N
    Date of Last Modification 910709

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC AGE HAS BEEN ESTIMATED TO BE LATE CARBONIFEROUS
  • THE ORE BODY CONSISTS OF PHOSPHATE BEARING LAYERS, 10-200M THICK, WITHIN A NEPHELIN-SYENITEPLUTON. THE YUKSPOR DISTRICT IS CHARACTERIZED BY A THICK ORE-BODY IN THE CENTER OF THE DEPOSIT, THINING BOTH UPWARDS AND DOWNWARDS. TWO ZONES OF HIGHER AND LOWER GRADE ORES ARE WELL DEVELOPED ON THE NORTHWESTERN FLANK OF THE DEPOSIT. BRECCIA-LIKE ORES ARE WIDESPREAD, WITH A THICKNESS OF 50 TO 150M AT LOWER LEVELS. A NETWORK OF STEEPLY-DIPPING WEATHERING ZONES, 5-10M TO 100-150M THICK IS TYPICAL FOR THE DEPOSIT. THE LENSE-SHAPED OREBODY IS 3.4KM LONG. THE MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF THE ORE IS 150-200 IN THE CENTER OF THE ORE BODY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Mining method Caving Methods - Block Caving
Year of first production 1954
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Khibiny Massif

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Russia
    Interest 100
    Home office Russia
    Year 1992

Comments on the production information

  • THE MARKETS FOR THE PRODUCT FROM THE ANOF MILLS ARE THE USSR EASTERN AND WESTERN EUROPE. INPUT CAPACITY REPRESENTS THE COMBINED CAPACITY OF THE THREE MILLS; OUTPUT CAPACITY REPRESENTS THE CAPACITY OF THE THREE MILLS, WHICH IS 20 MIL MT CONC/YR.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 2535M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method BLOCK CAVING 10-79
    Percent Recovery 75
    Capacity 40000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 325
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1985

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE YUKSPOR MINE FEEDS THE ANOF 1, 2 OR 3 MILLS, ALL OF WHICH ARE LOCATED NEAR KIROVSK. THE CAPACITY REPRESENTS THE COMBINED CAPACITY OF THE THREE ANOF MILLS. YUKSPOR SENDS 13 MIL MT ORE/YR TO THE MILLS (26% OF THE TOTAL ORE PROCESSING CAP.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, FOURTH ED., 1980

  • Deposit

    E & MJ, APRIL 1980,

  • Deposit

    E & MJ, DECEMBER, 1980, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVEIW, EASTERN EUROPE PHOSPHATE, 1981,

  • Deposit

    PP. 590-591.

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, FIFTH ED., 1987, 274PP.

  • Deposit

    ILYIN, A.V.,"APATITE DEPOSITS IN THE KHIBINY AND KOVDOR

  • Deposit

    ALKALINE IGNEOUS COMPLEXES, KOLA PENINSULA, USSR",

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THE WORLD, V.2, CAMBRIDGE UNIV.

  • Deposit

    PRESS, 1989 PP. 485-492.

  • Deposit

    OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES, U.S.S.R., VOL. VII, U-Z, P576,

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YUKSPOR IS ONE OF FIVE MINES THAT OPERATE IN THE KHIBINY MASSIF. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE MINING DISTRICT, SEE THE DEPOSIT LISTING OF KHIBINY COMPLEX SEQ# #4520000525. THE LATITUDE/LANGITUDE FOR THIS MINE IS THE POPULATION CENTER OF YUKSPORIOK, WHICH IS PROBOBLY THE MINE PLANT SITE. THE YUKSPOR DEPOSIT LIES ABOUT 6KM EAST-NORTHEAST OF KIROVSK ON YUKSPOR MOUNTAIN AT ELEVATIONS RANGING FROM 300 TO 700M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-OCT-94 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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